my 2 cents:

none of what you’ve written here indicates you weren’t born gay.

“…wish i was in the woman’s shoes in porn (autogynephilia), that was my first homo sexual desire.”

that doesn’t sound like you were “simply born straight”

your post strongly suggests to me you have a lot to learn and accept about sexuality.

“always had a totally masculine identity, male engagements”

saying something like this indicates to me that you don’t understand the complexities of masculinity, femininity or sexuality.

did you read a lot of books as a child? is that masculine or feminine? did you climb trees?

assigning labels and expectations to your behaviors may be why you don’t view your own sexuality as “a case of normal, stable homosexuality”.

which is what it sounds like you are discovering: a case of innate normal, stable homosexuality.

He is a rapist.

does explain everything.

thank you I was wondering about the public reaction to the mines closing, since it does seem like a good thing on its face, no you’re absolutely right that a problem doesn’t need to be handled the hardest way.

interesting to hear about the cycle coming around again with steel workers now.

that was a great write up and an appreciated explanation, have a good one!

I was in the same boat and read a lot of different books and watched videos on how to draw, and the number one thing that helped me was the frequency with which I drew.

techniques made a difference certainly, but the amount that I drew was the primary factor in how satisfied I became with my art.

if I can share purely anecdotal evidence, something that seems to help me was not drawing the next line until I could see the next line in my head, and project that mental next line onto the paper that I was drawing.

I didn’t read that or watch that anywhere, I just thought that if I could picture what I wanted to draw in my head, I could probably draw it, and until that point I wasnt clearly picturing what I wanted to draw in my head.

damn thank you I really appreciate that explanation and will check out those videos.

I understand half of enough of that to know what you mean by context, and you really tied a lot of it together for me just now.

I don’t have tiktok so I’m sure I’m sitting out a lot of cultural tides at the moment.

wow, yes I appreciate you adding that context, that’s some important information to know

wow, that’s crazy. thanks for the video, i just watched it.

if thatchers goal was to close the mines, wouldn’t miners voluntarily not working play into that?

or does strike in this context mean general protest rather than specifically not working?

got it, thanks for the broad strokes and context

your comment is incorrect because:

1. those who do not survive cannot speak up at all

2. it’s far more difficult to live for a cause than to die for it.

never heard of floptok, what’s that?

can one of the Brits lay out bullet points or just a short list of why Thatcher is so universally hated by the uk?

I really only know the memes and I’m finally curious about the substance.

thank you.

if this is about your survival, then survive.

surviving doesn’t mean you care any less; you’re taking care of yourself and hopefully in the future you’ll be in a better position to speak up for those rights like you obviously want to in the future.

whoa, really?

nice! congrats!

yes, herbalists and healers would have access to and knowledge of fast-acting poisons.

there are plenty of plants like nightshade that can rapidly kill a human, and those familiar with plant life would be well aware of that.

hemlock isn’t as fast acting, maybe a few hours before death if you ate it, but that’s how Socrates was executed 2400 years ago, and according to sources it took about half an hour for him to die, so knowledge of fast-acting poisons is very old.

So excited for Season 3

on Hitler’s birthday. fancy that.

thanks for sharing.

not my money.

why is that vine so funny?

I feel like a hundred other people could have done a hundred other videos with that same scene and it would not be as perfectly funny as that guy is.

what’s happening in 4 weeks?

holy moly that is some serious ice cream hardware.

i prefer gelato to ice cream, does your ninja really mix it so different as to clearly make one or the other?